SF 405 EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROFILE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
DATA: 2000 & 1990 CENSUS, SF3, SF1 TEXAS SENATE DISTRICT 3 05/29/03 PAGE 2
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TOTAL PERCENT STATE TOTAL PERCENT STATE
SELECTED EDUCATION CHARACTERISTICS
POPULATION AGE 3+ ENROLLED IN SCHOOL
PORTION AGE 3-5 IN PRESCHOOL 10,931 38.7% 40.3% 8,081 34.0% 35.8%
IN ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL 135,042 20.1% 21.9% 104,774 19.3% 20.4%
PORTION OF THESE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL 126,921 94.0% 93.1% 100,917 96.3% 94.5%
IN COLLEGE 29,814 4.4% 6.0% 32,532 6.0% 7.4%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER (Age 25+) 65,628 14.4% 23.2% 42,841 12.0% 20.3%
DID NOT GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL (Age 25+) 121,180 26.7% 24.3% 120,745 33.7% 27.9%
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS (Age 16-19) 4,496 10.8% 12.5% 4,353 12.5% 12.9%
SELECTED LABOR CHARACTERISTICS (Age 16+)
LABOR FORCE STATUS
IN ARMED FORCES 236 0.0% 0.7% 214 0.0% 1.0%
IN CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 302,316 55.7% 62.9% 237,681 55.0% 64.9%
NOT IN LABOR FORCE 239,980 44.2% 36.4% 194,498 45.0% 34.0%
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYED
TOTAL EMPLOYED 282,433 93.4% 93.9% 220,373 92.7% 92.9%
ANGLO EMPLOYED 237,863 94.3% 95.0% 187,488 93.6% 94.2%
BLACK EMPLOYED 26,654 87.2% 89.5% 24,549 86.7% 86.6%
HISPANIC EMPLOYED 24,207 92.2% 91.3% 10,528 92.9% 89.1%
UNEMPLOYED
TOTAL UNEMPLOYED 19,883 6.6% 6.1% 17,308 7.3% 7.1%
ANGLO UNEMPLOYED 14,276 5.7% 5.0% 12,915 6.4% 5.8%
BLACK UNEMPLOYED 3,908 12.8% 10.5% 3,755 13.3% 13.4%
HISPANIC UNEMPLOYED 2,060 7.8% 8.7% 802 7.1% 10.9%
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR 208,680 73.9% 78.0% 160,445 72.8% 76.7%
GOVERNMENT SECTOR 46,975 16.6% 14.6% 37,696 17.1% 15.2%
SELF-EMPLOYED 25,388 9.0% 7.1% 20,528 9.3% 7.6%
WORKED IN 1999 (2000 CENSUS)
OR 1989 (1990 CENSUS)
WORKED AT ALL 339,494 62.6% 69.7% 263,798 61.0% 70.4%
WORKED 50-52 WEEKS 213,212 39.3% 45.3% 151,933 35.1% 43.1%
ANALYSIS USES 99.6% OF DISTRICT POPULATION
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